Everybody is Welcome at Mount Moriah.
For over 130 years, Mount Moriah has served as a Progressive Witness of Jesus Christ in Pembroke and North Bryan County. At Mount Moriah, you find yourself in a warm and welcoming environment that will allow you to experience real folks abiding in community, loving each other, and serving God. As a small congregation in a beautiful rural setting, we have convenient parking located near the front entrance for our first-time guests. Our Mount Moriah Ushers will be glad to help you find a seat for the worship service.
Beyond hospitality, Mount Moriah is committed to being Christian stewards of love. As such, we practice love, build the beloved community, and pursue social justice. We believe the overwhelming message of the Bible, in story after story, is that of God's radical love and welcome. Every time we think we know who's in and who's out, God does something to challenge those assumptions, unbind our hearts and minds from old ways of understanding, and draw the circle ever wider.
Our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Together, we are striving to become a place where there's relevant teaching, heart-felt worship, honest friendships, constant prayer, and compassionate care. So whether you are a spiritual seeker who is just starting to ask questions about God or a committed Christian who wants to sink the roots of your faith even deeper, you can find a home here at Mount Moriah!
Enjoy Connection
THROUGH WORSHIP | Sunday services start at Noon, following Sunday School, on the First, Second, and Fourth Sundays. Learn more.
THROUGH STUDY | Sunday School for all ages begins at 11:30 a.m. Additionally, there is a Morning Devotion every Wednesday at 6:30 am. Just dial 717.908.1726 and use Passcode 1065315# to participate. Learn more.
THROUGH SERVICE | One of the most important values of Mount Moriah is our mission to the Pembroke community. Mount Moriah's members are involved in a variety of church-based ministries and community partnerships. Feel free to contact our Church Clerk with further questions.
Impact Through Ministry
This month, we focus on self-care as a soul-fulfilling spiritual practice.
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“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot harm you.” – African Proverb
Living life today feels like walking a balance beam under hostile lights. Every step we take toward justice, every decision to stand with the marginalized, every challenge to systems of oppression is subject to attack. We live in an age of retrogression—where hard-won civil rights and social progress are being clawed back, and our very humanity is on trial again.
In Tokyo, Simone Biles taught us a holy lesson. Faced with the “twisties,” she stepped down—not because she was weak, but because she was wise. In a culture that demands endless output and perfection, she dared to choose herself. That act of self-care was revolutionary. It was a refusal to be broken by the machine.
And look what God has done: she returned with power, breaking records and becoming the most decorated gymnast in history. That’s more than sport—that’s prophecy. It is a sign that rest can be resistance, care can be power, and remembering who you are can defeat the forces that would consume you.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
Beloved, in a season where lawmakers roll back voting rights, where courts strip protections from the vulnerable, where lies dress up as patriotism, Simone’s witness is urgent. Self-care is not retreat—it is a spiritual practice of survival and renewal. If we don’t rest, we can’t resist. If we don’t care for our souls, we can’t fight for our communities.
Her story calls us to remember: we are children of God, beloved and unstoppable. And when we rise from our pause, we return to the struggle not empty, but full—ready to build, to march, to vote, to teach, to dream. Because the beam is high, the light is harsh, and the assaults are real. But like Simone, we know: stepping back in faith is how we soar forward in freedom.
Homecoming at Mount Moriah
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Join us on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 11:30 AM
This year, Homecoming is more than tradition—it is testimony. It is the sound of voices lifted in praise, reminding the world that our God still provides. It is the sight of generations embracing across time, showing that the faith of our ancestors still sustains us. It is the table spread wide with food and fellowship, declaring that God’s abundance is stronger than the scarcity this world tries to impose.
We gather because we need each other. We gather because the story of our people—carved out of struggle, strengthened by love—must be told again to our children. We gather because worship and fellowship are not luxuries, but weapons of hope in a weary world.
So come home this fall—to worship that shakes the rafters, to food that feeds both body and soul, to laughter and storytelling, singing and sack races, and to the reminder that God has kept us, and God will carry us still.
This Homecoming is not just a festival. It is a prophetic witness: that a people rooted in faith will not be moved.
“Building on Faith, Preparing for the Future”
At the height of the pandemic, when times were uncertain and many walked away, those who remained at Mount Moriah made a bold commitment: to modernize our campus so that this 135-year-old church could continue to serve this present age with strength and excellence.
That commitment has already produced powerful results. With more than $125,000 invested, we have:
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Installed a new energy-efficient heating and air system
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Gutted and rebuilt the Fellowship Hall, Administrative spaces, and Classrooms from the studs up
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Brought electrical, plumbing, and gas systems to modern code
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Renovated every bathroom with new fixtures and ceramic tile
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Upgraded the kitchen with new cabinets, flooring, and appliances
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Relocated and refreshed the Church Office
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Renovated the Pastor's Study to host guests and serve our families.
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Revitalized classrooms for Youth Ministry and Christian education
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New computers, phones, and security systems
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New Church signage outside and directional signage inside.
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Upgraded high-speed internet with expanded wifi capabilities
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Created a Conference Room honoring Pastor Eugene Amos Hagins
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Laid new hardwood flooring and carpet throughout the Fellowship Hall, Administrative spaces, and classrooms.
Yet the vision is not complete. The next phase requires replacing the entire exterior roofing system, ensuring our renewed spaces are protected for generations to come. The final phase will fully modernize our Sanctuary from top to bottom, creating a sacred space that is welcoming, accessible, and designed for the worship needs of families today.
This is more than renovation—it is renewal. More than construction—it is a covenant. Every gift to the Building Fund is a seed of faith, planted in the soil of our 135-year witness.
We need your support and help. Every contribution—large or small—brings us closer to finishing the work. Please follow the link and chip in today. Together, we can ensure Mount Moriah remains “The Church with the Helping Hands” for another century and beyond.
Building Fund
Breast cancer is not just a diagnosis—it’s a call to action, a sacred reminder that our bodies are temples worth tending and protecting. For Black women, whose voices are too often dismissed and whose pain is too often ignored, awareness must become power.
Get screened, know your family history, eat to live, move your body, and insist on care that honors your life.
Early detection saves lives—but faith and vigilance sustain them. This October, let’s do more than wear pink—let’s think, pray, and act pink.
Awareness Campaigns
About Community
Established in 1890, the Mount Moriah Baptist Church has stood as a physical representation of the hope and determination of the African-American spirit. Through the years as a school, community center, and civil rights organizing meeting hall, Mount Moriah has always served people through its Watch, Witness, and Worship.
At Mount Moriah, all our resources are utilized to provide a Christ-centered setting where people in this community can be redeemed to a personal relationship with Christ, reconciled to God and his people, restored to wholeness, to well-being, and revived for a full life involved in service to others.
At Mount Moriah, you can be redeemed, reconciled, restored, and revived. Let's go!
Show Your Pride
Show your Mount Moriah pride wherever you go! Visit The Mount Moriah Shop to browse exclusive shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and other items that celebrate our church’s spirit of faith, service, and community.
We are proud to partner with Black- and minority-owned businesses to source, produce, and distribute our products — keeping our ministry rooted in economic justice and community empowerment. Every purchase supports the ministries and mission of Mount Moriah Baptist Church.
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The Reverend Dr. Francys Johnson well serves Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. The pulpit of Mount Moriah has long provided community-wide leadership.
Over the last 25 years, Dr. Johnson has also exemplified the values of Christian service with humility before the congregation of Pembroke. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Magnolia Baptist Church of Statesboro. First Lady Meca Williams-Johnson’s particular success in youth programming and academic mentoring is an asset to the ministries of Mount Moriah. Further, they are ambassadors of our faith community to the region and nation.